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when i went to pakistan i went to the to their school. they have each year i guess. between thirty and forty. students people who was wasting that school each year what were the circumstances of your arrest when i got arrested. they didn't told me anything what's going on they didn't told me. that they're looking for terrorists or what it was they said just. going to check your passport a lot i did not know that time was a gift all the bonspiel through some dollars for each person and. not under my name bought for anyone who is two and all out so the americans as a terrorist they will receive through song and through some dollars in pakistan a lot of money was not social justice when i had my first interrogation by months during my detention in pakistan. they asked me if i will mall with osama bin laden if he did there was not interested on me you were transferred to kandahar in afghanistan what happened there in kandahar was happening. all kind of things like you can just imagine on the thoughts. and. on myself i saw many people got killed on the torture and. i was
when i went to pakistan i went to the to their school. they have each year i guess. between thirty and forty. students people who was wasting that school each year what were the circumstances of your arrest when i got arrested. they didn't told me anything what's going on they didn't told me. that they're looking for terrorists or what it was they said just. going to check your passport a lot i did not know that time was a gift all the bonspiel through some dollars for each person and. not...
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in this war is that fall from ending terrorism fall from brigades of more quickly it has spread to pakistan where there are more and more drone attacks it is a war which has not brought democracy afghanistan is one of the most corrupt countries in the world and the truth is the nato presence and nato forces on not part of the solution well speaking about that the transfer of control there from nato troops to local troops in afghanistan is still far from stable as the troops withdraw so how likely do you think it is to enjoy a return to taliban control and you said earlier that this withdrawal is actually failing. well the taliban have grown in strength the americans are talking to the taliban it is almost certain that whatever settlement eventually comes in afghanistan it will involve the taliban in some capacity nearly everybody now recognizes this so what is the point of continuing this war the point of continuing this war is because the americans and the british and their allies camel admit defeat in the second country all through what happened in iraq but is why they're there they are t
in this war is that fall from ending terrorism fall from brigades of more quickly it has spread to pakistan where there are more and more drone attacks it is a war which has not brought democracy afghanistan is one of the most corrupt countries in the world and the truth is the nato presence and nato forces on not part of the solution well speaking about that the transfer of control there from nato troops to local troops in afghanistan is still far from stable as the troops withdraw so how...
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when i went to pakistan i went to that to their school of jamaat to be they have each year i guess.
when i went to pakistan i went to that to their school of jamaat to be they have each year i guess.
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i do not believe they are concerned about the pakistan nuclear weapons. i would like your comments. >> i agree. i don't think the pakistani nuclear weapons have very much to do with how we have responded. that came later when they were thinking of elaborating in a letter redoing? it was template a quick response to a horrific attack if the united states for about i would not be surprised with the sophisticated taliban are thinking in those terms i don't think the average guy is thinking about it but i think it takes extraordinary of leadership and intelligent leadership to see the full depth and the drive of history to determine what it is that you do today. one of the sad parts of vietnam over and over is how ignorant our leaders were about what was going on and i would venture to add, i am not sure we're all that smart about what goes on with afghanistan today. >> any closing thoughts? >> had generally that it has been a pleasure to work with the book with my father. [applause] i have learned a lot from him and thanks to my uncle who has helped a lot as
i do not believe they are concerned about the pakistan nuclear weapons. i would like your comments. >> i agree. i don't think the pakistani nuclear weapons have very much to do with how we have responded. that came later when they were thinking of elaborating in a letter redoing? it was template a quick response to a horrific attack if the united states for about i would not be surprised with the sophisticated taliban are thinking in those terms i don't think the average guy is thinking...
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a lot of us are concerned and defended as to how prudently weaver held in pakistan. the're building it to floods in the valley. we put in billions of dollars. they have objective measurements should the favorability is in the single digits. that is pretty disgusting when you're spending that kind of money trying to help people. i understand there's no objective standard in yemen. it to be impossible to measure it on an objective basis. maybe from into total testimony can you give me your description? >> thank you. in general, the experience is that the perception of american aid is positive. the way that i can help illustrate sex most poignantly is that we brand our assistance in most cases the route the country. it is clear. it is clear hewitt is coming from. this is important in terms of the messaging. it also means we're able to operate on our partners openly by the american people. this is well-received. it is done safely throughout the country. >> what would be your gut feeling if they did some standard. what percentage of people do you think would respond that
a lot of us are concerned and defended as to how prudently weaver held in pakistan. the're building it to floods in the valley. we put in billions of dollars. they have objective measurements should the favorability is in the single digits. that is pretty disgusting when you're spending that kind of money trying to help people. i understand there's no objective standard in yemen. it to be impossible to measure it on an objective basis. maybe from into total testimony can you give me your...
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that washington must be held to account for its operations in pakistan. thus far these drones have been operating in pakistan in the federal federal administrated tribal areas fata they've been operating in secret by the cia and they've been killing indiscriminately hundreds of civilians since although the purpose of this is this hopefully to gets a transparency out of out of the cia and out of obama and to to get some justice on behalf of the victims of these drone strikes as we know the u.s. is not in a war in pakistan the usa is operating extra legally by carrying out these drone strikes in pakistan in yemen and somalia and in terms of it being disproportionate you know we have numbers coming out of pakistan that indicate that you know for every one suspected militants being killed one hundred forty innocent civilians are dying as a result of these strikes and so if those numbers are correct you know we have people on the ground who are who are gathering the information who are doing the investigation to try to collect the information so that we can br
that washington must be held to account for its operations in pakistan. thus far these drones have been operating in pakistan in the federal federal administrated tribal areas fata they've been operating in secret by the cia and they've been killing indiscriminately hundreds of civilians since although the purpose of this is this hopefully to gets a transparency out of out of the cia and out of obama and to to get some justice on behalf of the victims of these drone strikes as we know the u.s....
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haqqani, taliban, dtp of pakistan is a taliban, tnsm of pakistan is taliban. his brother leading, now he's been killed, all of them are not in tandem with each other. in fact, many in afghanistan fight each other. so, therefore, it's not a monolith. so maybe we go back to 1989 where there'll be chaos, confusion and anarchy, everyone fighting each other. pakistan alone, again, fending for itself. so this was why, as i said, an antipathy against the united states. why is there a confidence and trust deficit between the united states and pakistan? which has got exacerbated all along, no trust at all in the last one and a half years, i think, finally leading to the action of osama bin laden which absolutely displays the lack of trust, lack of confidence between the two countries. very briefly, partially maybe it started back in be my time, in 2004 or '5 when i had a, i had a strategy of weaning the pashtun from the taliban, and, therefore, we started by addressing, putting together local jirgas, a tribal meeting of elders. thought we'd hold tribal jirgas and drew
haqqani, taliban, dtp of pakistan is a taliban, tnsm of pakistan is taliban. his brother leading, now he's been killed, all of them are not in tandem with each other. in fact, many in afghanistan fight each other. so, therefore, it's not a monolith. so maybe we go back to 1989 where there'll be chaos, confusion and anarchy, everyone fighting each other. pakistan alone, again, fending for itself. so this was why, as i said, an antipathy against the united states. why is there a confidence and...
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pakistan at war with itself. by "washington post" correspondent pamela constable dell ofs into all of this. and joins us now, it is good to you have with us. >> thank you so much. >> woodruff: a provocative title, playing with fire, pakistan at wore with itself. what dow mean by that? >> it mean bes-- many layers of meaning in that. playing with fire in the sense that pakistan has always flirted with dangerous notions. it's always sort of had this nuanced subtle, denied unclear relationship with all these militant groups mostly because they want us to use them as proxies against india which is their long-term adversary but now it has come back to haunt them and many of these same militant islamic groups that they sort of thought they could manage or handle have gotten way out of control and not only moving against afghanistan but in many cases turning against the pakistani state itself. >> you spent a lot of time in the country reporting from there, pam constable. the feeling many ode pakistanies have for the tal
pakistan at war with itself. by "washington post" correspondent pamela constable dell ofs into all of this. and joins us now, it is good to you have with us. >> thank you so much. >> woodruff: a provocative title, playing with fire, pakistan at wore with itself. what dow mean by that? >> it mean bes-- many layers of meaning in that. playing with fire in the sense that pakistan has always flirted with dangerous notions. it's always sort of had this nuanced subtle,...
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stocks were the biggest losers in london lloyds banking group and barclays fell four percent congress pakistan over three and a half percent from. here in russia markets and mixed with the r.t.s. closing in the black in the mines it's been issuing in the red now energy majors worth have led the most of lower oil prices. ross telecom was slightly better than the markets in stocks fluctuating on its own in the past couple of weeks ignoring market trends and poly metal was up two percent as the gold miner enjoys yet another record high price for gold. today we're seeing most financial indicators sherab aim is some past some reasonable doubt deal with the lawmakers do not treat any agreement so basically we see oil trading in the ground around one hundred seventeen rolls to see major european indices are read and i will see s. and p. futures trading minus ten points and person for the friday's close so everyone is waiting for some news about the u. has dropped so i am sexualize to supine shows being out of pressure with this better bank and pretty be underperforming the market last week we've also
stocks were the biggest losers in london lloyds banking group and barclays fell four percent congress pakistan over three and a half percent from. here in russia markets and mixed with the r.t.s. closing in the black in the mines it's been issuing in the red now energy majors worth have led the most of lower oil prices. ross telecom was slightly better than the markets in stocks fluctuating on its own in the past couple of weeks ignoring market trends and poly metal was up two percent as the...
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and pakistan and then there's the fact that afghanistan itself is nowhere near stable in fact many predict that the country will descend into violence the second america reduces their presence in any significant way and listen to how senator lindsey graham proposed permanent stays in the country not too long ago under the right circumstances i think it would really secure the gains we've made to have a u.s. . presence in afghanistan to air bases that would be beneficial to the afghan security forces. sworn in as a way to make sure this country never goes back into the hands of the television. then there is of course the historical fact that the us has made a habit of building permanent military bases across the world and keeping them there for years and years and years and our war in afghanistan let me remind you has been the longest war in our country's history so all of a sudden we're going to defy all historical precedent in our longest war yet according the pentagon's bay structure report from two thousand and ten there are over a thousand u.s. bases worldwide let me remind you and any
and pakistan and then there's the fact that afghanistan itself is nowhere near stable in fact many predict that the country will descend into violence the second america reduces their presence in any significant way and listen to how senator lindsey graham proposed permanent stays in the country not too long ago under the right circumstances i think it would really secure the gains we've made to have a u.s. . presence in afghanistan to air bases that would be beneficial to the afghan security...
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have $2.5 trillion in savings, a trillion of that assumes both the ends of the wars in afghanistan and pakistan. >> still not getting serious. >> i went away from fuzzy. >> is that like jerry at trick math? >> yes. >> are you surprised they don't have a deal today? i actually really -- i mean, i really thought -- >> i would be shocked if they don't have a deal in the next two or three days. again, republican freshmen may have a big ideology difference with barack obama and his world view, and the divide is no greater than ronald reagan's was with tip o'neal in 1983 when they sat down, and they did a kneel. yes, you differ with barack obama and the democrats, but -- >> usually you are good at seeing somebody's angle. like you know what their angle was. what is the angle here? i don't get it. >> these republicans believe this is their only opportunity -- >> are they so stuck to the contract with the tea party they cannot think outside the box for the good of the country? seriously? >> can i finish? you asked a question and i need to finish. they understand one thing. >> what do they understand? >
have $2.5 trillion in savings, a trillion of that assumes both the ends of the wars in afghanistan and pakistan. >> still not getting serious. >> i went away from fuzzy. >> is that like jerry at trick math? >> yes. >> are you surprised they don't have a deal today? i actually really -- i mean, i really thought -- >> i would be shocked if they don't have a deal in the next two or three days. again, republican freshmen may have a big ideology difference with...
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and what would that do to that pakistan is if your utility rates were two or three times higher than surrounding communities, which you could envision happening with this? we will continue to work on this and hopefully make some progress on it. i want to ask about housing. i know that we've got 1500 people that are still on the list for housing in joplin or and i know that you all have done so much in missouri after the disasters. can you update the committee on the efforts for the 1500s that are still on the waiting list for housing? and what are the hangups two months is a longtime and what do we need to do to make sure we cleared that waiting list? >> one of the things we're doing is working as a state led housing task force. one thing we don't want to do is come in and safety the, tell job of this the housing need. we are working to see what their needs are and then what we can provide. we don't want to come in and say you need x, y and z. we want to make sure we are meeting their needs. that's probably one of the first thinker but a first things we do isn't look for rental assis
and what would that do to that pakistan is if your utility rates were two or three times higher than surrounding communities, which you could envision happening with this? we will continue to work on this and hopefully make some progress on it. i want to ask about housing. i know that we've got 1500 people that are still on the list for housing in joplin or and i know that you all have done so much in missouri after the disasters. can you update the committee on the efforts for the 1500s that...